Medical Word parts

acr/o

extremities

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff, fused, together

arthr/o

joint

brachi/o

arm

burs/o

bursa (sac of fluid near a joint)

carp/o

wrist

cervic/o

neck/cervix (neck of uterous)

chir/o

hand

chondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

crain/o

skull

kyph/o

humpback

lord/o

Cure; swayback

lumb/o

lumbar region; loin

lux/o

side

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

narc/o

numbness; sleep; stupor

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

ped/o

foot; child

pod/o

foot

pyret/o

fever

rachi/o

spine; vertebrae

rheumat/o

watery flow

sacr/o

sacrum

sarc/o

flesh; connective tissue

scoli/o

crooked; bent

spondyl/o

vertebrae; backbone

ster/o

solid structure; steroid

synovi/o

lubricating fluid or joints

tars/o

ankle

ten/o; tendin/o; tendon/o

tendon

-ation

process; condition

-centesis

surgical puncture or removal of fluid

-desis

to bind; tie together

-ectomy

surgical removal; excision

-itis

inflammation

-malacia

softening

-oid

like; resembling

-oma

tumor; mass

-osis

abnormal condition

-penia

deficiency

-plasty

surgical repair

-porosis

abnormal condition of small holes

-scope

instrument used to view

-scopy

visual examination using a scope

-tomy

process of cutting; incision

a-, an-

not, without

anti-

against

inter-

between

intra-

within; into

meta-

change; beyond

non-

not

peri-

around; surrounding

sub-

under; below

supra-

above

syn-

together; with

-al; -ic

pertaining to

-algia

pain

abdomin/o

abdomen

an/o

anus

append/o

appendix

bil/i

bile; gall

cec/o

cecum

chol/e

gall; bile

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

cirrh/o

orange-yellow

col/o

colon; large inestine

cyst/o

cyst; fluid sac

dent/i

tooth

duoden/o

duodenum (first part of large intestine)

enter/o

intestines (usually the small the inestine)

esophag/o

esophagus

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tounge

gluc/o, glyc/o

Sugar, glucose

hemat/o

blood

hepal/o

liver

ile/o

ilium (third part of large intestine)

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inguin/o

groin

jaund/o

yellow

jejun/o

Jejunum (second part of large intestine)

labi/o

lips

lapar/o

abdominal wall, abdomen

ling/o

tounge

lith/o

stone; calculus

odont/o

tooth

or/o

mouth

pancreat/o

pancreas

peritone/o

peritoneum (membrane that lines the abdominal cavity and covers the abdominal organs)

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phag/o

eat; swallow; engulf

pharyng/o

pharynx; throat

proct/o

rectum; anus

rect/o

rectum

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon, sigmoid

splen/o

spleen

a-, an-

not; without

de-

lack of; down; less; removal of

dia-

through; complete